Alumnae Engagement
Iman Zaki: Theater as Resistance
Location
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room200 S Boundary St
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Open to the public
Arts & Sciences and the Reves Center for International Studies present Iman Zaki, March 31, at 5pm in the Reves Room. The performance is free and open to the public.
Iman Zaki is a cultural manager, researcher, consultant, and theater maker with a passion for empowering the independent performing arts sector. She is the founder and director of Perform Arts Hub, an organization that provides training and practice opportunities for young performers while enhancing the capacity and visibility of independent artists. She also co-founded Reflection for Arts, Training, and Development NGO, which supports visual and performing artists and promotes the role of the arts in community development.
Her professional experience spans cultural management, facilitation, training and producing art, focusing on art that addresses social issues, focusing on personal transformations and using theater and other arts as tools for social change.
She holds a Master’s degree in Theater for Development from the University of East Anglia, UK. Her commitment to the arts has been recognized through several prestigious fellowships, including the ISPA Global Fellowship Program from the International Society for the Performing Arts (USA, 2025), the IFA CrossCulture Programme Fellowship for Civil Society Strengthening (Germany, 2024), a fellowship in Arts Management from CEC ArtsLink (USA, 2021), a fellowship in Cultural Management from the Goethe-Institut (Germany, 2015), and a fellowship in Advanced Studies for Social Change from the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (UK, 2010).
The presentation is the second event of the Spring 2025 Series on Arts & Democracy, cosponsored by Arts & Sciences and the Reves Center for international Studies. The series features four artists whose practice aims to impact democratic processes.
Sponsored by: Arts & Sciences and Reves Center for International Studies